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M. REYMOND.

AP PLIANOE FOR LAYING BRIKS. .N0. 322,563. Patented Jul 1,'1885. A

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

MARTIN REYMOND, OF PATERSN, NEW JERSEY.

APPLIANCE FOR LAYING BRICK.

SPECIPIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,563, date July 21, 1885.

Application filed February 11, ISB 5.' (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatv I, MARTINV REYMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful appliance or apparatus for laying bricks, espeeially brick fronts, securng regularity and uniformity of the joints, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in appliances or apparatus for making true and uniform joints in laying bricks in the erection of buildings. It is especially adapted to the building of expensive brick fronts, but can be used to advantage in any kind of brick-work.

As the method of now laying brick-work is to blind the joints where they are irregular, and to cut a false joint, or make superficial joints, my invention, by ins'uring uniform and regular joints in the first instance, does away with the necessity of going over the joints, filling up the irregular ones, and cutting new ones, or making superficial ones, thus also saving considerable time and labor.

Masons or brick-layerstnow use an ordinary string, which is attached to a nail driven into the wall at either end of the work, which is liable to many accidents and variations, the nail coming out, and in no way serving as a guide in giving regularity to the Vertical joints.

My invention can be used in erecting either plain straight walls or walls with recesses, extensions, pillars, or bay-windows.

I accomplish these objects by means of the appliance or apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists of a metallic thread, D, or its equivalent, marked at every joint or at everyother joint by a knot, a ring, or by paint, at either or both ends of which is a spiral spring, E, sufficiently strong as to insure a taut line and still have some elasticity. Thethread or line is secured by pins, hooks, or other attachment K to the sliding frames F, at each end of the wall, or where required, to the uprights or posts B, up and down which the sliding frames F move or are moved, as required. The sliding frames F, composed of Wood, metal, or other proper material, are secured to the posts or uprights by being tightened around them when the line is in place,

by means of two bolts or thumb-screws, I, and

as each course of bricks is laid the sliding frames and thread are raised to the desired height. G, at each end of said thread or line, is a metallic plate, with perforations at regular distances to engage the hook K in the sliding frames, and the 4mason by attaching the line at different perforations may vary thel joints in the different courses to suit his purpose. The uprights or pillars B are secured to the frame-work, of which Ais the base, and which is in turn secured to the building by bolts l? in such a manner as to be easily detached and moved up to the wall as the work progresses.

The parts of the frame-work marked O are the lateral braces, secured to the base A by a bolt or pivot, R, on which the brace may move. The top of the lateral brace is secured by two lugs to two arms of a screw-nut on the thumbscrew S, which is secured to the top of the upright. By means of said screw S the braces are brought to bear, as desired, against the upright until it is perpendicular. The said pillars or uprights may be marked by copper nails or otherwise to indicate the different courses of brick-work, O. Thus the mason has the double guide, the line and the. marked pillars or uprights, to guide him in laying the different courses, and the line marked, as described, for a guide as to the Vertical joints, and a perfect regularity is secured. The same obj ects are attained in the case of broken front line by reason of advancements or recesses-such as bay-windows, or pillars between windows, such as are often seen in factories-by applying the same uprights and frame-work, sliding frames around said uprights, as above described, the line being conducted through hooks, eyes, or pulleys, or some equivalent. Thus the line will pass along the whole of the outer edge of the wall or building. When one course of bricks are laid the sliding frame and line are all moved up the said posts or uprights B and secured until another course is laid, until the top of the uprights is reached, when the whole of my apparatus is lnoved up and again secured, and so on till the completion of the work; or I may construct my uprights of su'ch a length that it will be unnecessary to move anything except the sliding frames around the same before the Wall is built; but I propose to build my' frame and uprights of such a height as to enable the mason to build about four feet of brick Wall without changing the frame.

The essential object of my invention is to secure regularity and uniformity in the vertical joints and laying of the different courses in building a wall of brick or other materials in which blocks of a regular size are used.

I in the drawings represents the thumbscrews which tighten or loosen the sliding frame around the uprights B, and 2 shows pulleys through which the line passes when wall is not a straight but a broken line by reason of extensions. w

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the front extension or bay-window. Fig. 2 is a front view of building in course of erection. Fig. 3 is an end view showing the side of the building and the lateral brace on side of the upright. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the upright and sliding frame provided with a hook or attachment to which the perforated plate on end of marked line is secured, and shows the working of the sliding frame around Fig. 5 is a View of pulley, full the upright. size.

Similar letters refer to si mlar parts throughout the several views.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the marked line D, the spiral spring E, and perforated plates G, all substantially as set forth.

2. In a building appliance, the combination of the marked line D, the spiral spring E, and perforated plates G with the marked uprights B and sliding-frames F, all substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the marked uprights B, lateral braces O, thumb screw and nut S, connecting the same, and base-board A,seoured to said uprights'and braces by the bolts P, as described, and substantially as set forth.

4. Thecombination,inabuildingappliance, of the marked line D, spiral spring' E, and perforated plate G with marked uprights B, lateral braces G, thumb-screw and nut S, connecting the lateral brace and upright, and the sliding frames F, provided with thumbscrews I, pulleys .2, and hook K, all substantially as set forth. v

MARTIN REY'MOND.

VVitnesses:

GEO. H. ALBERT, WM.'L. THoMsoN. 

